muzzle
英 ['m?z(?)l]
美['m?zl]
- n. 槍口，炮口；口套，口絡(luò)；動(dòng)物的鼻口
- vt. 使…緘默；給…戴口套；封鎖…的言論
CET6+TEM8低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?muzzles;第三人稱單數(shù):?muzzles;過去式:?muzzled;過去分詞:?muzzled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?muzzling;
助記提示
1. mouth => muzzle (diminutive word).
中文詞源
muzzle 口鼻，槍口，動(dòng)物口套
來自古法語musel,口鼻，豬鼻，狗鼻，可能來自拉丁語morsus,咬，詞源同mordant,morsel.引申詞義給狗，馬等動(dòng)物帶的口套，以及槍口等。
英文詞源
- muzzle
- muzzle: see amuse
- muzzle (n.)
- late 14c., "device put over an animal's mouth to stop it from biting, eating, or rooting," from Old French musel "muzzle," also "snout, nose" (12c., Modern French museau), from muse "muzzle," from Gallo-Roman *musa "snout" (source also of Proven?al mus, Old Spanish mus, Italian muso), of unknown origin, possibly related to Latin morsus "bite" (but OED finds "serious difficulties" with this). Meaning "projecting part of the head of an animal" is from early 15c. in English; sense of "open end of a firearm" first recorded 1560s.
- muzzle (v.)
- "to put a muzzle on," early 15c., from muzzle (n.). Figurative use from 1610s. Related: Muzzled; muzzling.
雙語例句
- 1. He was convicted of failing to muzzle a pit bull.
- 他因沒能給比特犬戴嘴套而被判有罪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was opposed to new laws to muzzle the press.
- 她反對鉗制新聞界言論的新法律。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The mongrel presented his muzzle for scratching.
- 那只雜種狗張嘴要傷人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I don't think we can go round screaming hysterically: "Ban these dogs. Muzzle all dogs."
- 我不認(rèn)為歇斯底里地到處去高喊“禁止遛狗。給所有狗帶上口套”是個(gè)好主意。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. David tugged again and the muzzle slipped from Faber's grasp.
- 大衛(wèi)猛地一拉,槍口終于從費(fèi)伯的手中滑脫了.
來自辭典例句